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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2012, 5:25 PM EDT for Candler County, Evans County, Jenkins County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 2012, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2012, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
Counties Candler County, GA, Evans County, GA, Jenkins County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 193 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2022 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 802 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 11, 4:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 4:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1242 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2012 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>052-121645- CHARLESTON HARBOR- WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM-JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- 1242 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2012 ...SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...ALTHOUGH HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER COULD ALSO OCCUR. CHECK FREQUENTLY WITH NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS TO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS INCLUDING POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 57 min | |
| Jul 11, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Chatham | 44 min |
| Jul 11, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Effingham | 50 min |
| Jul 11, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bryan | 40 min |
| Jul 11, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Effingham | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Evans | 51 min |
| Jul 11, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Screven | 40 min |
| Jul 11, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Screven | 67 min |
| Jul 11, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Candler, Jenkins | 47 min |
| Jul 10, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 27 min |
| Jul 10, 9:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale | 24 min |
| Jul 10, 9:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale | 24 min |
| Jul 11, 12:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 59 min |
| Jul 11, 12:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 24 min |
| Jul 11, 12:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 62 min |
| Jul 11, 1:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 87 min |
| Jul 11, 1:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 2 hr |
| Jul 11, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort | 39 min |
| Jul 11, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 56 min |
| Jul 11, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 31 min |
| Jul 11, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jasper | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Hampton | 27 min |
| Jul 11, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 42 min |
| Jul 11, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 51 min |
| Jul 11, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 52 min |
| Jul 11, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Hampton | 31 min |
| Jul 11, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 40 min |
| Jul 11, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Dorchester | 46 min |
| Jul 11, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 58 min |
| Jul 11, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester | 41 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.